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re: Hugh Freeze Quote Ayn Rand????
Posted on 2/5/13 at 2:08 pm to aggressor
Posted on 2/5/13 at 2:08 pm to aggressor
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Rand was all about the right of the individual to have freedom and operate in their self interest.
except when she was directing the sexual activities of her acolytes -then, she was all about authoritarian control.
could you write a couple thousand words about that?
anyone who calls rand a "philosopher" is a hack who doesn't know dick about philosophy.
and if you hate and distrust government, all forms of government, move to somalia. i hear that they have very little of it.
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Posted on 2/5/13 at 2:22 pm to DontCare
Rand wasn't a nice person, she was a self involved bitch. So what? That has nothing to do with her writings. FWIW, she actually wasn't hypocritical in that instance as it was in HER self interest to want her acolytes to do what SHE wanted.
I already have said she was not Aristotle and her philosophy mixes with politics and economics so it makes her less palatable to academics (though there are Objectivist Philosophers as I pointed out at major schools).
I also pointed out there is a huge difference between libertarianism and anarchy.
Sweet, got it in with less than a thousand!
I already have said she was not Aristotle and her philosophy mixes with politics and economics so it makes her less palatable to academics (though there are Objectivist Philosophers as I pointed out at major schools).
I also pointed out there is a huge difference between libertarianism and anarchy.
Sweet, got it in with less than a thousand!
Posted on 2/5/13 at 2:31 pm to DontCare
Wow. Do we really have to wait until September for football? 
Kidding, and I'm impressed that so many in this crowd actually read "Atlas Shrugged" and more importantly have an idea what it was about. I finally read it within the last few years after wondering what all the "Who is John Galt?" forum posts were about. The overwhelming thought I had when reading was "Get on with it!", and an 80-page speech by John Galt that could have been uttered in 3 pages sent me over the edge. Horrible story teller, but I agreed with her message. Others here are absolutely correct about the parallels. We're rewarding failure and, to a somewhat lesser degree, punishing success.
Kidding, and I'm impressed that so many in this crowd actually read "Atlas Shrugged" and more importantly have an idea what it was about. I finally read it within the last few years after wondering what all the "Who is John Galt?" forum posts were about. The overwhelming thought I had when reading was "Get on with it!", and an 80-page speech by John Galt that could have been uttered in 3 pages sent me over the edge. Horrible story teller, but I agreed with her message. Others here are absolutely correct about the parallels. We're rewarding failure and, to a somewhat lesser degree, punishing success.
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